The 80th Annual Academy Awards were handed out in Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre tonight in a ceremony hosted by Jon Stewart. You can revisit the show’s highlights by reading our chronicle of the night’s progression in this post.

Joel and Ethan Coen’s heavily favoured No Country for Old Men was the big winner of the night, as the film was awarded Oscars for Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem) and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood) received the Oscar as Best Actor, La Vie En Rose’s Marion Cotillard won Best Actress and Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton) Best Supporting Actress. Read the complete list of winners after the cut below:

Best Picture
No Country for Old Men

Best Directing
Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)

Best Actress
Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)

Best Supporting Actress
Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)

Best Original Screenplay
Juno (Diablo Cody)

Best Adapted Screenplay
No Country for Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen)

Best Foreign Language Film
The Counterfeiters (Austria)

Best Animated Film
Ratatouille

Best Cinematography
There Will Be Blood

Best Film Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Art Direction
Sweeney Todd

Best Costume Design
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Best Make-Up
La Vie En Rose

Best Sound Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Sound Mixing
The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Visual Effects
The Golden Compass

Best Original Score
Atonement

Best Original Song
“Falling Slowly” (Once)

Best Documentary Feature
Taxi to the Dark Side

Best Documentary Short Subject
Freeheld

Best Live-Action Short
Le Mozart des Pickpockets

Best Animated Short
Peter and the Wolf

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